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but I think you all deserve to know why you see lurkers rather then debaters in a debating subreddit

It's because you have nothing to debate. You can wank on about scripture or history, but this shit is meaningless in a world with a very distinct lack of any traces of your so called God.

To start, I enjoy a good debate, I think it's a way we can find common ground, and recognize that we're not so different from each other

For me it's an uphill battle to get you lot to admit you only think things like gay sex are evil because you've been brainwashed.

it's just that we believe differently

No. Fuck you, you should lurk more and realize that atheism is a lack of belief. We don't believe differently, you believe bullshit and I ask for some verification of your claims.

You also can see that most debates here are not about us trying to "convert" you, but rather sharing with you what we believe, since we're debating, that's the very core of any reply we make on here is it not?

No. That is not debating at all. That is propoganda, or ministry, or some other type of professional lying that competes on the same level as "9 of 10 doctors recommend my cock up your arse". In a debate, one party must concede a point if they can't arguer it, it is pointless to waffle on about how you believe it regardless.

We are aware you don't like christians in general

You don't know how wrong you are. Edit: Perhaps a good analogy is to say I hate muslim women because they wear burkas. I hate the burkas and the fact they (think they?) must wear them. But hardly ever the person.

Here are some examples of rude statements

I didn't follow links, but 1 is true. 2 is true (you do not deserve respect for random beliefs), 3 Miracles are simply unexplained phenomena - electricity is not a miracle anymore???

The problem is though with out specifically coming to this subreddit, I rarely see the positive posts but rather see the snarky ones. If you'll notice all the snarky posts are currently in the top 6, and have far more upvotes then the valid discussions. You as Atheists should do your part to upvote discussion you want to see, not upvote someone because they know how to write something rude.